Klinsmann On Timmy Chandler’s standing with the U.S. Men’s National Team:
“There is nothing new about Timmy. Timmy is not sure yet if he wants to commit 100 percent to us and we don’t (want to) stress him out. I told Timmy that our view may not be aligned, but let us know. It’s no problem. I don’t want to bring up a player who is not 100 percent committed.

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Mind you, he'd already played under Bradley. He does finally get cap-tied in 2013, but doesn't even get another call-up until the World Cup almost a year and a half later. That's highly irregular.

In November 2016, at the end of a practice session ahead of what would be Klinsmann’s final match in charge of the U.S. national team, defender Timmy Chandler gave a younger teammate some telling advice. Forward Bobby Wood was nursing minor knocks suffered from the previous match — a disappointing 2–1 loss to Mexico on home soil — and Chandler told him not to risk aggravating his injuries. Wood was still establishing himself as a regular starter in Germany’s Bundesliga. Why, Chandler posited, risk that by overexerting yourself for your country when your club team was paying most of your bills?

Wood ignored Chandler’s advice and started the match, but the exchange symbolizes the state of the team that Arena would inherit.

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None of us know for sure, but there's enough evidence to believe Chandler wasn't that committed to playing for the USA. What this has to do with other players like Nagbe, I have no idea. It seems like the burden is on you to prove this player was committed to playing for the US, since it seems important to you to believe that.

None of us know for sure, but there's enough evidence to believe Chandler wasn't that committed to playing for the USA. What this has to do with other players like Nagbe, I have no idea. It seems like the burden is on you to prove this player was committed to playing for the US, since it seems important to you to believe that.

Guys I see as having a better ceiling than expected: Horvath (sabotaged by his own club though), Steffen, Sargent (hopefully not sabotaged by his coach), Adams (hopefully not ruined by injuries), Sabbi (hopefully someone is paying attention).

Guys I see as having a lower ceiling than expected (and the reason this is in here): Pulisic. McKennie, Weah, Novakovich, Antonee Robinson, Tyler Boyd.

Guys I see as having a better ceiling than expected: Horvath (sabotaged by his own club though), Steffen, Sargent (hopefully not sabotaged by his coach), Adams (hopefully not ruined by injuries), Sabbi (hopefully someone is paying attention).

Guys I see as having a lower ceiling than expected (and the reason this is in here): Pulisic. McKennie, Weah, Novakovich, Antonee Robinson, Tyler Boyd.

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I don't think you understand what sabotage means.

the idea that horvath is somehow being wronged by his team is a myth. In europe they sign players to compete at positions you only get ur spot if ur elite. The idea that a place like club brugge was going to be like hey we have horvath lets not try to upgrade at goalie ever again is a joke. that isn't sabotage its called not being good enough.

Classy, making your point by dissing Nagbe for being a refugee. Too bad his mom wasn't lucky enough to get nailed by serviceman, I guess? Nagbe had to earn his citizenship to play for the USA, whereas Chandler couldn't even be bothered to fly to the United States for a bonus check. Again, I'm super curious to know what Chandler did to earn the such fervent loyalty from rubes.

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Wow.... I always wonder if certain people are really ignorant or just act dumb to twist things. I'd bet it is some of both in this case.

I didnt "diss" Nagbe for his background. I am interested in any player that is eligible for the USMNT.... including dual nationals that have never stepped foot in the states and naturalized citizens. It is pretty odd that you would purposefully (?) misinterpret my post, place judgement and then describe a number of our players as having "mothers who were lucky enough to be nailed by a serviceman".

It is also odd to me that someone would view a player with no association with the US who moved here in a better light than a player whose father served our country. I think I've seen you say that Nagbe "earned" it. This is weird to me as well as pretty much every other player who is eligible for the team is basically due to the luck of being born to American parents in America.

I dont think Chandler is a great player, but think he is incredibly disrespected by people like you. He is repeatedly "dissed" for not being commited to the team when the call ups he didnt accept were before he committed to the team and suggesting an injured player might consider not playing. So I dont think Chandler was not committed is nearly as clear as you seem to make it. I only defend these attacks as they appeared to be out of a general dislike for the dual nationals.

Nagbe on the other hand skipped out due to not getting the minutes he wanted and not feeling wanted. He did that in the last window before the Hex and those that hate Chandler, didnt seem to mind. He has now lied about not being in contact with national team and rejected callups, including the Gold Cup.

Yet, you still defend him. I personally dont really care. The only thing that really ever bothered me about Nagbe is that he played like crap in 2017 after being gifted a starting spot. If he had played like he did in 2016 when he was being pushed to provide more, we probably would have gone to the World Cup.

Nagbe can ball; he's just got to be deployed correctly. He was in the midfield of two different MLS Cup-winning squads. We've got better CM options emerging now, but Nagbe was no schmuck.

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Nagbe is a horrible soccer player. His soccer IQ is miserably low. He might be good at some skills competition, but there is no place in the international game for a role like the one he supposedly excels at. I generally dont care about MLS cups, but definitely not role players on those teams.